Quantification of spatial distribution of vegetation in the Qilian Mountain area with MODIS NDVI

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5751-5766

  Jin, Xiaomei ^a,c   Wan, Li ^a   Zhang, You Kan ^b   Hu, Guangcheng ^a   Schaepman, M E ^c   Clevers, J G P W ^c   Su, Z Bob ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION GROWTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

VEGETATION;

GROWTH RATE; MODIS; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70449345865     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902736635     Document Type: Article

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